- 389 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
This is the story of how an ordinary bloke from the bush became the key figure in a movement that would change the shape of our cities and bring about lasting political and legal reform. This is the story of the house that Jack Mundey built. Without the green bans movement of the 1970s, Sydney and many other cities would look very different. Pulling together an unlikely alliance of environmentalists and union players earned Jack Mundey a reputation as both the 'best-known unionist and best-known conservationist in Australia'.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Foreword by Bob Carr
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: From the dairy to the big smoke
- Chapter 2: How green was my valley... or was it?
- Chapter 3: A city and a river
- Chapter 4: Grass-roots stirrings
- Chapter 5: Big issues, big battles
- Chapter 6: Strange bedfellows
- Chapter 7: After the bans
- Chapter 8: Today and tomorrow
- Epilogue by Joan Domicelj
- Endnote by Meredith Burgmann
- Appendix 1: Key Events in the evolution of the conservation movement in Australia and internationally
- Appendix 2: Jack Mundey - Honours and awards
- Appendix 3: Jack Mundey - Life/career chronology
- Appendix 4: Select list of green bans sites c. 1970s
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Index